Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Multi Investment, Insurance and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030), which rose 4.44% or 1.45 points to trade at 34.10 at the close. Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) added 4.20% or 0.50 points to end at 12.40 and Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280) was up 4.11% or 1.05 points to 26.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trade Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8170), which lost 5.81% or 1.33 points to trade at 21.58 in late trade. Dur Hospitality (SE:4010) declined 5.61% or 1.12 points to end at 18.86 and Saudi Industrial Services Co. (SE:2190) shed 3.85% or 0.44 points to 11.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 72 and 3 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.05% or 0.57 to $54.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.95% or 0.58 to hit $61.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.48 to trade at $1274.98 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.31% to 4.3551, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.72.